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EELEX 2008 - Москва, Россия
В эти дни, с 9-го по 11-е сентября, в московском выставочном комплексе "Крокус-Экспо" проходит 17-я специализированная выставка EELEX 2008. В отличии от 16 предыдущих "Элексов", где главным организатором выступала компания "Уникум", эту выставку представляет компания SMILE EXPO. Из постоянных участников выставки, производителей и дистрибьютеров оборудования для казино и непосредственно игровых автоматов, на экспозицию приехали от силы 10%, что не удивительно в свете тенденций последних лет. Количество посетителей и площадь стендов была, наверное, как никогда мала. На фоне проходившей рядом огромной выставки стоматологических компаний эта разница в размерах казалась особенно болезненной.
Единственный на всю выставку стол для игры в блэкджек представила компания "ВЕК". Хотя представлен был даже не стол, а интегрированная в него система идентификации и каунта чипов от французской Bourgogne et Grasset. Несколько производителей пытались привлечь внимание к своим стендам оборудованием и программным обеспечением для спортивного покера. Федерация спортивного покера России, а также Федерация спортивного покера Москвы соседствовали, и даже проводили покерный турнир, не вызывающий однако прежнего ажиотажа посетителей. Львиную долю выставки занимали стенды различных медиа изданий, которые, впрочем, сиротливо демонстрировали голые стены и поговорить на них было абсолютно не с кем.
В рамках выставки прошла конференция по российским игровым зонам, на которой выступили представители от "Азов-Сити" и необозначенной правительством, но самородившейся татарской зоны "Камские поляны". Их выступление, однако, всерьез воспринято не было, и скорее вызывало у собравшихся невеселые усмешки, нежели походило на диалог бизнеса с властью. Какие либо представители оставшихся трех зон на выставке никак себя не обозначили и никакой информации о себе не давали, т.е. речи о российских игорных зонах, за исключением "Азов-Сити" не велось.
В целом выставка EELEX 2008 полностью отразила нынешнюю ситуацию и настроения российского игорного бизнеса. Стаффрум искренне надеется, что 17-й EELEX не был последним в российской истории.
Единственный на всю выставку стол для игры в блэкджек представила компания "ВЕК". Хотя представлен был даже не стол, а интегрированная в него система идентификации и каунта чипов от французской Bourgogne et Grasset. Несколько производителей пытались привлечь внимание к своим стендам оборудованием и программным обеспечением для спортивного покера. Федерация спортивного покера России, а также Федерация спортивного покера Москвы соседствовали, и даже проводили покерный турнир, не вызывающий однако прежнего ажиотажа посетителей. Львиную долю выставки занимали стенды различных медиа изданий, которые, впрочем, сиротливо демонстрировали голые стены и поговорить на них было абсолютно не с кем.
В рамках выставки прошла конференция по российским игровым зонам, на которой выступили представители от "Азов-Сити" и необозначенной правительством, но самородившейся татарской зоны "Камские поляны". Их выступление, однако, всерьез воспринято не было, и скорее вызывало у собравшихся невеселые усмешки, нежели походило на диалог бизнеса с властью. Какие либо представители оставшихся трех зон на выставке никак себя не обозначили и никакой информации о себе не давали, т.е. речи о российских игорных зонах, за исключением "Азов-Сити" не велось.
В целом выставка EELEX 2008 полностью отразила нынешнюю ситуацию и настроения российского игорного бизнеса. Стаффрум искренне надеется, что 17-й EELEX не был последним в российской истории.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Jail For Gang Who Mugged Casino High Rollers
A ruthless gang of muggers who robbed high rollers as they left Mayfair casinos with their winnings have been jailed for a total of 30 years.
The brutal thugs, all Kurdish asylum seekers from northern Iraq claiming benefits, preyed on middle-aged businessmen they had spotted cashing in their winnings at top London casinos in the early hours of the morning.
They followed their victims home before beating them up on their doorsteps and snatching tens of thousands of pounds in cash.
One victim, a man suffering from cancer, lost more than £40,000 cash when the mobsters sprayed him and his daughter with CS gas before punching and kicking them to the ground and grabbing his cash.
In another robbery the victim had a plant pot smashed over his head.
Yassin Rashid, 35, Soran Bisary, 37, and Zana Karim, 32, were each given 10-year jail terms after being convicted of conspiracy to rob.
They had denied the charges, forcing their traumatised victims to give evidence against them.
However, a jury found them guilty following a trial at Wood Green Crown Court in north London.
Jailing the trio, Judge Peter Ader said: "None of the victims will ever forget these incidents when they were attacked outside their homes and overpowered by your gang.
"These were not chance events. These were high winners who were being targetted by you and the intention was to rob people who had a great deal of money on them."
Karim was also convicted of possessing a prohibited firearm, namely a CS gas canister, and was given an extra 12 months' jail to run concurrently.
After the gang were jailed, Detective Constable Daniel Candler said: "I'm very pleased with the result which shows just how serious these offences were.
"Three vicious, cowardly and cynical men who preyed on vulnerable victims and were not afraid to hurt women have been taken off the streets and are now safely behind bars."
Rashid, a member of several gambling clubs and casinos, was the gang's mastermind and spotter, the court heard.
He would spend hours in casinos and would identify suitable victims while the others waited outside.
The gang targetted two high rollers at the same casino - The Sportsman, near Marble Arch - on the night of September 1st last year.
First, Aipeng Wen was spotted cashing in his chips and was followed to his home in Golders Green, north London. The gang rushed him as he parked his car and stole nearly £4,000 plus his wallet and car keys.
Rashid then returned to the same casino where he picked out Masaaki Feduchi and again trailed him as he took a taxi home to North Finchley.
Right outside his front door they attacked him and wrestled him to the ground as he refused to let go of his bag, containing £8,000.
One of the gang grabbed the victim's terrified wife, Yumiko, put his hand over her mouth and shoved her back inside the house while the others continued to beat her husband until he surrendered his winnings.
A month later the gang targetted Slovakian businessman Zdenko Kos, who later told police he had cashed in "at least £40,000" in chips when he left the Palm Beach in Mayfair.
Rashid had been observing him at the gaming tables for three nights in a row.
As he arrived home with daughter Katja, the pair were both sprayed with CS gas, which left them with streaming eyes and breathing difficulties. Both were physically assaulted before Katja's bag, containing the cash, was cut from her arm and the gang fled.
Rashid and Karim, both of west London, and Bisary, of Enfield, north London, all arrived in the UK as asylum seekers and were living off a raft of state benefits at the time. Two of them were also working as illegal taxi touts
The brutal thugs, all Kurdish asylum seekers from northern Iraq claiming benefits, preyed on middle-aged businessmen they had spotted cashing in their winnings at top London casinos in the early hours of the morning.
They followed their victims home before beating them up on their doorsteps and snatching tens of thousands of pounds in cash.
One victim, a man suffering from cancer, lost more than £40,000 cash when the mobsters sprayed him and his daughter with CS gas before punching and kicking them to the ground and grabbing his cash.
In another robbery the victim had a plant pot smashed over his head.
Yassin Rashid, 35, Soran Bisary, 37, and Zana Karim, 32, were each given 10-year jail terms after being convicted of conspiracy to rob.
They had denied the charges, forcing their traumatised victims to give evidence against them.
However, a jury found them guilty following a trial at Wood Green Crown Court in north London.
Jailing the trio, Judge Peter Ader said: "None of the victims will ever forget these incidents when they were attacked outside their homes and overpowered by your gang.
"These were not chance events. These were high winners who were being targetted by you and the intention was to rob people who had a great deal of money on them."
Karim was also convicted of possessing a prohibited firearm, namely a CS gas canister, and was given an extra 12 months' jail to run concurrently.
After the gang were jailed, Detective Constable Daniel Candler said: "I'm very pleased with the result which shows just how serious these offences were.
"Three vicious, cowardly and cynical men who preyed on vulnerable victims and were not afraid to hurt women have been taken off the streets and are now safely behind bars."
Rashid, a member of several gambling clubs and casinos, was the gang's mastermind and spotter, the court heard.
He would spend hours in casinos and would identify suitable victims while the others waited outside.
The gang targetted two high rollers at the same casino - The Sportsman, near Marble Arch - on the night of September 1st last year.
First, Aipeng Wen was spotted cashing in his chips and was followed to his home in Golders Green, north London. The gang rushed him as he parked his car and stole nearly £4,000 plus his wallet and car keys.
Rashid then returned to the same casino where he picked out Masaaki Feduchi and again trailed him as he took a taxi home to North Finchley.
Right outside his front door they attacked him and wrestled him to the ground as he refused to let go of his bag, containing £8,000.
One of the gang grabbed the victim's terrified wife, Yumiko, put his hand over her mouth and shoved her back inside the house while the others continued to beat her husband until he surrendered his winnings.
A month later the gang targetted Slovakian businessman Zdenko Kos, who later told police he had cashed in "at least £40,000" in chips when he left the Palm Beach in Mayfair.
Rashid had been observing him at the gaming tables for three nights in a row.
As he arrived home with daughter Katja, the pair were both sprayed with CS gas, which left them with streaming eyes and breathing difficulties. Both were physically assaulted before Katja's bag, containing the cash, was cut from her arm and the gang fled.
Rashid and Karim, both of west London, and Bisary, of Enfield, north London, all arrived in the UK as asylum seekers and were living off a raft of state benefits at the time. Two of them were also working as illegal taxi touts
Sunday, July 27, 2008
'Cash plays - no make that weed' !
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Monday, June 02, 2008
Casino Cheats !
Notice the obvious mistake on roulette:
Las Vegas in the old days was like Moscow was in the nineties, cheats were taken on a journey to the local forest and didn't return:
Las Vegas in the old days was like Moscow was in the nineties, cheats were taken on a journey to the local forest and didn't return:
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